How to use flashing between vinyl siding and a wood deck.
Vinyl siding around deck ledger.
Where the ledger is longer than the flashing overlap the flashing pieces by at least 4.
Attaching a deck to your house creates the potential for rot not only to the ledger board that you attach to the house to support the.
In order to install the ledger board you usually need to remove the house s siding.
Never install a ledger board over the top of siding no matter what you hear this can weaken the connection.
Snap a chalk line cut out the siding and tack up the ledger board.
Aluminum and vinyl siding can easily be removed with tin snips from an area one foot surrounding the ledger board location.
Z flashing is commonly used in combination with j molding or j channel to prevent water from leaking behind siding when attaching exterior elements such as a deck ledger board to a vinyl sided house.
Where necessary slip it behind moldings.
The z flashing sits atop the ledger board while the j molding is used on the sides and can also be used along the bottom of the opening created in.
Start by making an outline on the siding where you want to position the ledger board.
The deck ledger to the house is an unusual connection in home building.
Make the outline large enough to include space for the deck boards on.
It should be vinyl and have a z shape that wraps around the top of the ledger.
The j channel permits the vinyl to expand and contract with temperature changes without showing visible gaps.
Vinyl trim and panels cut easily with metal snips a utility knife or a circular saw or miter saw.
Learn the tools techniques materials and fasteners to properly install a deck ledger board arguably a deck s single most important connec.
The ledger board is a horizontal framing member usually two by 10 or two by 12 lumber that supports one side of a deck and attaches flat to the wall of a house after removing a section of siding.
A ledger relies on the fasteners and strength of the wood ledger board and rim board of the house to carry the deck live and dead loads.
